Cloud Waste Scanner Description
Cloud Waste Scanner is a security-first cloud auditing platform built to uncover and eliminate wasted cloud spend without exposing sensitive infrastructure data. Operating as a 100% local application, it connects directly from your machine to major providers including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, and dozens more. The system scans for unattached storage volumes, zombie load balancers, idle compute resources, retention drift in snapshots, and missing lifecycle policies that silently inflate cloud bills. By analyzing metrics such as CPU utilization, disk IOPS, and traffic activity, it minimizes false positives and highlights meaningful savings. Teams receive an actionable savings map within minutes, focused on cost impact rather than surface-level suggestions. Unlike SaaS competitors, Cloud Waste Scanner does not store IAM roles or credentials on external servers. Its lightweight, Rust-powered engine ensures fast scans without heavy runtime overhead. With trial and Pro plans available, organizations can start with summary insights and unlock detailed resource-level visibility and automation when ready.
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All Azure environments experience drift over time; expenses gradually rise without triggering alerts, access permissions accumulate inconsistently, and resources may continue to exist long after their associated projects have ended. Although nothing appears to be technically incorrect, issues go unnoticed until the end of the month or during audits.
Many tools that claim to resolve these problems require organizations to share their infrastructure data, which can be a significant concern for many, and completely unfeasible for those in regulated industries.
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Pricing Starts At:
$19.90/month
Free Trial:
Yes
Integrations
No Integrations at this time
Company Details
Company:
Cloud Waste Scanner
Year Founded:
2017
Headquarters:
China
Website:
cloud-waste-scanner.com
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